Switchboard - The ULTIMATE Macropad Build

[@bigrob029]

Bluetooth as an angry cat perpetually loading couldn't be more accurate.

[@audiblevideo]

its beautiful -- with a bit of programming I can imagine this working well as a midi and DAW controller for a music studio.

[@austindale3129]

For a split second I thought JLCPCB shipped you 2 pounds of ground beef! Awesome video and brilliant design/build!

[@notjamesdood]

This is really cool, love these type of projects. Def earned a sub. But as a keyboard nerd I can't help but suggest a couple things. You could add some foam under your PCB, and between the plate and pcb, as well as tape mod the bottom of the PCB. Use some long pull linear switches, also lube the switches I think you would be surprised how it sounds.

[@feeshychair]

Noted, will definitely consider in a future project

[@MakerMoses]

This is beautiful and immediately being shared with my friends in broadcast and production

[@habag1112]

It'd be nice to see the software side of things. I really like the interface you made.

[@BrownMInc]

This was remarkable, thank you for the video

[@joeygallegos]

Subbed. This is so cool to see start to finish. Please most more stuff like this!

[@cyrusscholten991]

Hey. I would just like to know how you’re testing your pcb for functionality. Also I took basic electronics in university but never applied my knowledge and would find it interesting how you know how to wire the components. What research do you do etc.

[@finja2164]

This is easily worth $80-110 aud knowing the keyboard market lmao. Super cool design might try make something similar

[@flame6327]

Thought material cost would be higher than that because of the metals he used, could be wrong.

[@PedroMoreira2001]

@@flame6327 oh it would for sure, if he offered a plastic version he could easily sell for 150, metal versions would need to be at least 350

[@jayyb1832]

Worth way more ! A stream deck which has more than half the user features cost $200 . His has smart home features and more . I would say worth up to $400 +

[@PedroMoreira2001]

@@jayyb1832 yeah for sure, but for the price of a streamdeck he could make less profit per model but sell a lot more of them!

[@flame6327]

Amazing quality video, keep it up and your channel will grow loads!

[@chanksterful]

Would spend custom keyboard money on this for sure!

[@MrSpleenboy]

That is an absolutely amazing build! Nice work. I know you mentioned potentially selling this as a product, but on an individual basis it might prove to be prohibitively expensive? It might be easier to get off the ground with something like a group buy? That way you could get at least some savings through economy of scale Also, you could sell the STL? (or whatever the correct format is) files for the PCBs (keyboard and controller), either separately or as a bundle? I'd definitely pay for those.

[@patrickjackson8247]

Great video and keypad / keyboard design. I would defiantly buy one, the keypad answers so many needs. Please let me know if you are going to sell 1 of these, I am in. Thanks Patrick

[@mickgrose6743]

Amazing dude!

[@midforce542]

I ain't got no idea what bud is talking about but it's cool =)

[@FuzzyScaredyCat]

lol at aluminium and brass. How much did just that case cost?!?!?

[@feeshychair]

You don't want to know

[@aryankumar-m4t]

I want to build a product from scratch like you. But I lack the electronics can suggest any resources from a where I can learn electronics from scratch and reach to point where I can develop my own pcb and products just like you.

[@fishychair]

I recommend starting with development boards such as Arduino/ESP32. Build random things and you'll learn as you go.

[@ShrimpyTodger]

thisissickverywellmadevideo

[@VeryQuestioning]

This with relegendables would be mint

[@oratval]

came over from your val content and im shocked and extremely intrigued. what kind of background do you have in this field? I did some basic tinkering with arduinos for a physics lab in uni and didn't think much of it, but now I'm realizing i was just ignorant of what you can actually do with this kind of knowledge/experience and i want to learn more.

[@oratval]

would love to see you cover the code that controls this board. at least that I could wrap my head around😅

[@feeshychair]

Thanks for watching 😌. I have an electrical engineering background but the courses I did at uni didn't prepare me for doing these kind of projects; it's just about doing projects in your own time and learning.

[@feeshychair]

I'm not sure you want to see the code, it's relatively poorly written but I'm trying to fix it up day by day

[@jebidori]

holy moly…

[@FoxPlays-roblox]

Nice, I forgot F13-24 exists.

[@--MrLimon]

good video m8

[@Hajdew]

why pogo pins? arent they expensive?

[@feeshychair]

They give me leeway with mounting height and the OLED is a lot more expensive to replace

[@SeraphimKnight]

Oh god please never slot in all the switches at once into hotswap sockets, it's the best way to pop a socket. Also you could probably still implement some sound dampening. A sheet of laser-cut EVA foam between the plate and board and maybe like a thin sheet of PE foam between the board and case would only take a few millimeters more and would greatly help sound-wise.

[@real_vardan]

Sometimes I forget that you're an electrical engineer

[@happity]

yes , I'd surely be interested in having one of these ⌨️✌️😄